1971โ72 Newport County A.F.C. season
The 1971โ72 season was Newport County's tenth consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division since relegation at the end of the 1961โ62 season and their 44th overall in the Football League.
Season review
League
Results summary
Note: Two points for a win
Overall |
Home |
Away |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Ave |
Pts |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Ave |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
Ave |
46 |
18 |
8 |
20 |
60 |
72 |
0.83 |
44 |
13 |
5 |
5 |
34 |
20 |
1.70 |
5 |
3 |
15 |
26 |
52 |
0.50 |
Last updated: 3 May 1972
Source: [1]
Results by round
Round |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
32 |
33 |
34 |
35 |
36 |
37 |
38 |
39 |
40 |
41 |
42 |
43 |
44 |
45 |
46 |
Ground |
A |
H |
A |
H |
H |
A |
H |
A |
A |
H |
A |
H |
A |
H |
A |
H |
H |
A |
H |
A |
H |
A |
A |
H |
A |
A |
H |
A |
H |
A |
H |
H |
A |
H |
A |
A |
H |
H |
H |
A |
H |
H |
A |
A |
H |
A |
Result |
L |
D |
L |
W |
D |
L |
L |
D |
L |
W |
W |
L |
W |
W |
L |
W |
L |
L |
W |
D |
W |
L |
L |
W |
L |
L |
L |
W |
D |
L |
L |
W |
L |
D |
L |
L |
W |
D |
W |
L |
W |
W |
W |
D |
W |
W |
Position |
16 |
19 |
22 |
15 |
17 |
17 |
22 |
22 |
23 |
20 |
19 |
20 |
19 |
18 |
19 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
17 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
18 |
19 |
19 |
19 |
18 |
19 |
19 |
21 |
22 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
22 |
21 |
19 |
17 |
17 |
15 |
14 |
Last updated: 3 May 1972.
Source: [2]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.
Fixtures and results
Fourth Division
Date |
Opponents |
Venue |
Result |
Scorers |
Attendance |
14 Aug 1971 |
Doncaster Rovers |
A |
2โ4 |
Coldrick, Thomas |
4,797 |
21 Aug 1971 |
Peterborough United |
H |
1โ1 |
R.Jones |
3,963 |
28 Aug 1971 |
Lincoln City |
A |
1โ3 |
Brown |
5,265 |
31 Aug 1971 |
Colchester United |
H |
2โ1 |
Sprague, Brown |
4,168 |
4 Sep 1971 |
Northampton Town |
H |
1โ1 |
Thomas |
4,300 |
10 Sep 1971 |
Southport |
A |
2โ4 |
Young, Brown |
4,206 |
18 Sep 1971 |
Aldershot |
H |
2โ3 |
White, Aizlewood |
3,380 |
25 Sep 1971 |
Darlington |
A |
0โ0 |
|
2,254 |
27 Sep 1971 |
Southend United |
A |
1โ3 |
White |
7,145 |
2 Oct 1971 |
Bury |
H |
2โ1 |
Thomas, Young |
2,995 |
9 Oct 1971 |
Hartlepool |
A |
1โ0 |
White |
2,990 |
16 Oct 1971 |
Doncaster Rovers |
H |
1โ3 |
Brown |
2,770 |
23 Oct 1971 |
Gillingham |
A |
2โ1 |
Brown, Coldrick |
5,817 |
30 Oct 1971 |
Cambridge United |
H |
3โ0 |
Thomas 2, Williams |
3,824 |
6 Nov 1971 |
Brentford |
A |
1โ3 |
Thomas |
10,480 |
13 Nov 1971 |
Barrow |
H |
2โ1 |
Brown 2 |
3,443 |
27 Nov 1971 |
Workington |
H |
0โ1 |
|
2,918 |
4 Dec 1971 |
Reading |
A |
2โ4 |
D.Jones, Young |
3,680 |
11 Dec 1971 |
Lincoln City |
H |
2โ0 |
Brown 2 |
2,987 |
18 Dec 1971 |
Northampton Town |
A |
1โ1 |
Hooper |
4,151 |
27 Dec 1971 |
Chester |
H |
1โ0 |
Thomas |
7,664 |
1 Jan 1972 |
Aldershot |
A |
0โ3 |
|
3,120 |
15 Jan 1972 |
Grimsby Town |
A |
2โ4 |
D.Jones |
8,112 |
22 Jan 1972 |
Southend United |
H |
2โ0 |
Hill, Thomas |
3,535 |
29 Jan 1972 |
Scunthorpe United |
A |
0โ1 |
|
4,580 |
5 Feb 1972 |
Exeter City |
A |
0โ1 |
|
3,732 |
12 Feb 1972 |
Gillingham |
H |
1โ2 |
D.Jones |
3,143 |
19 Feb 1972 |
Cambridge United |
A |
1โ0 |
D.Jones |
4,618 |
26 Feb 1972 |
Brentford |
H |
0โ0 |
|
3,271 |
4 Mar 1972 |
Barrow |
A |
0โ1 |
|
2,196 |
10 Mar 1972 |
Hartlepool |
H |
0โ2 |
|
3,170 |
13 Mar 1972 |
Grimsby Town |
H |
2โ1 |
White, R.Jones |
2,870 |
18 Mar 1972 |
Peterborough United |
A |
1โ3 |
Hill |
4,028 |
24 Mar 1972 |
Southport |
H |
2โ2 |
Brown, D.Jones |
2,699 |
31 Mar 1972 |
Bury |
A |
0โ3 |
|
5,719 |
1 Apr 1972 |
Chester |
A |
0โ3 |
|
2,563 |
4 Apr 1972 |
Darlington |
H |
4โ0 |
Thomas 2, White, Young |
3,196 |
8 Apr 1972 |
Exeter City |
H |
0โ0 |
|
2,363 |
11 Apr 1972 |
Stockport County |
H |
1โ0 |
Hill |
3,359 |
15 Apr 1972 |
Workington |
A |
0โ3 |
|
1,342 |
18 Apr 1972 |
Crewe Alexandra |
H |
2โ0 |
Thomas, White |
2,958 |
22 Apr 1972 |
Reading |
H |
2โ1 |
R.Jones, Hill |
3,065 |
24 Apr 1972 |
Colchester United |
A |
3โ2 |
Brown, Hill, R.Jones |
4,311 |
28 Apr 1972 |
Stockport County |
A |
4โ4 |
D.Jones, 2, R.Jones, OG |
1,824 |
1 May 1972 |
Scunthorpe United |
H |
1โ0 |
Hill |
3,686 |
3 May 1972 |
Crewe Alexandra |
A |
2โ1 |
R.Jones |
1,028 |
FA Cup
Round |
Date |
Opponents |
Venue |
Result |
Scorers |
Attendance |
1 |
20 Nov 1971 |
Notts County |
A |
0โ6 |
|
11,976 |
League Cup
Round |
Date |
Opponents |
Venue |
Result |
Scorers |
Attendance |
1 |
17 Aug 1971 |
Torquay United |
H |
1โ2 |
R.Jones |
4,316 |
Welsh Cup
Round |
Date |
Opponents |
Venue |
Result |
Scorers |
Attendance |
5 |
8 Jan 1972 |
Ebbw Vale |
H |
3โ1 |
Thomas, Brown, Hooper |
1,420 |
6 |
8 Feb 1972 |
Bangor City |
A |
2โ1 |
Brown, D.Jones |
2,609 |
SF |
22 Mar 1972 |
Wrexham |
A |
0โ2 |
|
3,869 |
League table
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
Key |
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Division Champions |
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Promoted |
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Re-elected |
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Failed re-election |
External links
References
- Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County. ISBN 978-0-956410337-7
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Club seasons
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First Division |
Arsenal ยท Chelsea ยท Coventry City ยท Crystal Palace ยท Derby County ยท Everton ยท Huddersfield Town ยท Ipswich Town ยท Leeds United ยท Leicester City ยท Liverpool ยท Manchester City ยท Manchester United ยท Newcastle United ยท Nottingham Forest ยท Queens Park Rangers ยท Sheffield United ยท Southampton ยท Stoke City ยท Tottenham Hotspur ยท West Bromwich Albion ยท West Ham United ยท Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Second Division |
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Third Division |
Aston Villa ยท Barnsley ยท Blackburn Rovers ยท Bolton Wanderers ยท Bournemouth ยท Bradford City ยท Brighton & Hove Albion ยท Bristol Rovers ยท Chesterfield ยท Halifax Town ยท Mansfield Town ยท Notts County ยท Oldham Athletic ยท Plymouth Argyle ยท Port Vale ยท Rochdale ยท Rotherham United ยท Shrewsbury Town ยท Swansea City ยท Torquay United ยท Tranmere Rovers ยท Walsall ยท Wrexham ยท York City
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Fourth Division |
Aldershot ยท Barrow ยท Brentford ยท Bury ยท Cambridge United ยท Chester ยท Colchester United ยท Crewe Alexandra ยท Darlington ยท Doncaster Rovers ยท Exeter City ยท Gillingham ยท Grimsby Town ยท Hartlepool United ยท Lincoln City ยท Newport County ยท Northampton Town ยท Peterborough United ยท Reading ยท Scunthorpe United ยท Southend United ยท Southport ยท Stockport County ยท Workington
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